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Technical Information Sheets for Major Food Crops of Cameroon TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEETS FOR MAJOR FOOD CROPS OF CAMEROON Sama Joseph Nkwain Ayissi Mballa J.P. Festus A. Numfor CAPP/NCRE/USAID CAMEROON August 1993 MAIZE 1. Scientific name- Zea mais 2. National and regional production trends Production in tons Province 1985/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 mm- --------------------------------- ------------- Ext.North 7417.7 9304.1 1124 2363 11598 12757 East 23515.8 16680.2 16546 14682 15824 30399 Centre 14127.9 18926.2 16106 17212 18780 33303 Littoral 11351.2 6631.4 9234 6153 9243 18196 S. West 13527.8 10550.6 13579 14998 19240 27822 N. West 104735.5 120990.7 156071 141383 110830 138884 West 73159.8 128762.0 107096 103995 99560 153553 North 27019.6 31703.8 22806 18791 36016 40512 Adamawa 28667.7 41317.8 39104 42862 48117 49415 South 6158.8 4690.6 5221 4296 4114 8540 National 309681.7 389257.3 386887 366735 373322 512381 Sources:1. Agricultural survey results 1985/85 to 1990/91, MINAGRI, Yaounde 3. Post harvest losses At national level, the 6th Plan national forecast for 1990/91 was 15% but the UNDP (1992) draft report indicates that the Bafou project in Dschang, West province reported up to 30% losses before storage and Diop (1992) reported an additional 5 to 8% losses during storage. The report also indicates that in the West and North West provinces losses due to poor drying range from 10 to 15% in addition to high predrying losses due to poor after harvest handling. Harvest losses in some cases could therefore increase to over 50%. 4. Quantities consumed and projection to the year 2000 Annual consumption (1000 t) Per capita consumption (kg) ------------------------------ --------------------------- 1980 1985 2000 1980 1985 2000 ----------------------------------------------------------------- a) Nationally 384 454 690 43.4 46.4 41.5 b) Regionally Urban 48 72 175 - 21.4 - Rural 336 382 515 - 59.4 Source: Etude de commercialisation des produits vivriers (1986), MINDIC, Yaounde S. Food products and their consumption rates Food products Consumption rates (t/year) ---------------- --------------------------- Fresh cobs NA Flour NA Grits 12000 (supplied to Breweries in 1992)* Malt for brewing NA ------------------------------------------------------ *Conte et al. (1993). Analyse economique de la fili~re mais au Cameroun. CAPP/USAID Yaounde The 1984 budget and consumption survey reports a national consumption of 52107 ton of maize grain, 6094 tons of flour and 838 ton of doughnuts 2 6. Quantities, forms marketed and prices by region: Region Form Quantities Farm gate price Consumer price (t) (FCFA/kg) (FCFA/kg) Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Prov. Hqr.('85) ------------------------------------------------------------------- National Grain 21239 1971 NA NA 128 Ext. North " 475 ­ 80 NA 150 East " 1312 295 140 120 110 Centre " 1394 411 170 170 123(143)* Littoral " 798 12 120 170 180 S. West of 3801 1129 80 80 116 N. West of 2744 ­ 60 - 110 West to 3805 8 40 40 99 North " 2203 ­ 70 - 182 Adamawa " 4352 ­ 70 - 130 South of 354 116 130 90 140 Source: Quantities marketed and farm gate prices 1988/89 (Agricultural survey results), MINAGRI Yaounde. -Consumer prices are from 1986 study on marketing of food crops(Etude de commercialisation de cultures vivriers). * Figure in bracket is Yaounde consumer price in 1990 (Statistics Department, unpublished), MINDIC Yaounde 7. Mar*ting areas Mafketed mostly in rural markets in producing provinces (West, North West and Adamawa provinces, including Logone and Chari division of the Extreme North province) and in all urban markets. Some grain, seeds and flour are exported to Gabon and Tchad and some flour and malt to Nigeria although Cameroon also imports maize and maize products. a. Existing marketing facilities a) Orcanizations ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name Products marketed Location ----------------------------------------------------------------- MAISCAM Flour, oil, & grit Ngaoundere and, Foumbot UNVDA Dry grain Ndop CAMFOOD Grain Yaounde Women COOPS Grain Kumbo in N.W. Province ------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 b) Storaae facilities Limited number of silos and cooperative stores exist with capacities of between ten and a few hundred tons. However the bulk of storage is in small individual storage facilities such as barns, platforms, cribs, rafters with capacities of less than a :in. c) Transport facilities Inadequate and poorly adapted vehicles are used for t.ans.-ortation on very poor roads especially in rural areas. Most of the transportation is by head loads, animals ani hand pushed trucks. d) Credit facilities Very limited credit facilities are offered by banks and credit organizations and usually only to big private and public organizations that meet the collateral requirements of the banks. Also information about these facilities is not readily available to the small-scale farmers and bureaucratic bottlenecks hinder them from having easy access to such credit. Most farmers therefore obtain their credits from "tontines" or thrift and loan societies in very limited amounts and high interests. a) Market intelligence and information Market intelligence and information is very limited. Apart from a recent initiative by UNDP in the North West and West provinces no other private or official service is available at any level to supply market information elsewhere in the country. 9. Existing processing and transformation technologies Product Technology+ Degree of Cost/ unit Improvement sophistication product possibilities Flour Hand pounding * NA Available Hand disc/attrition ** NA Available Diesel/electric mills *** NA Available Hammer/roller mills **** NA None Grits Hammer/roller mills **** NA None + All levels of technology for flour and grit production exist but they are not easily available to small scale farmers because of cost limitations. NA - not available. 4 10. Production, processing and marketing constraints a) Production constraints Maize producers are faced with the general production contraints of Cameroon farmers, which include inappropriate land tenure and cropping systems, inadequate access to improved production technologies, pest and disease harzards, adverse climatic and soil conditions and demography related problems. The dominance of low yielding varieties/ traditional cropping systems and low acceptability or taste for high yielding maize varieties are considered most acute. b) Processing constraints The processing of maize into the common products of flour and doughnuts is largely done through pounding and use of hand disc mills. Improved technologies do exist but are not widely used because of costs and the fact that quantites processed per farmer/family are generally small. This may also explain why the bulk of maize is consumed in grain form. Marketing constraints: c) The most acute constraints to the marketing of maize 3re inappropriate and insufficient storage and transportation facilities resulting in high distribution costs and low marketing marqins especially to producer distributors. Furthermore, farm gate prices are exceptionally low during harvests periods. Administrative bottlenecks such as frequent road blocks and checks by the forces of law and order also increase marketing transaction costs 11. Export prospects Export prospects are high, particularly to neighboring countries 1.ke Gabon, Tchad and Nigeria and especially if the present product.:n. marketing and other constraints are removed. Presently Cameroon exports maize and maize products to the above countries even though it sti imports large quantities of maize and maize products especially for tne breweries. This is so because the geographical layout of the country #nd the poor marketing infrastructure makes it possible for one part of !ne country to import a commodity which another part produces and finds it easier and more profitable to export to a neighbouring country. 12. Supporting institutions and projects -Ministry of Agriculture, for extension, policy planninq ind execution. -Institute of Agronomic Research (IRA including NCRE) for resear:n, 5 technology development/adaptation, and extension. -North West Development Authority (MIDENO) for training and extension. -Union Central des Cooperatives Agricole de l'Ouest (UCCAO) for training and extension. -Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for research and extention. -Semi-Arid Food Grain Research and Development (SAFGRAD) for research. -Cotton Development corporation (SODECOTON) for training and extension. 13. Current policy strategies Strategies for increased production and improved storage, transformation and marketing to increase farmers' incomes particularly in the North West, West and Adamawa provinces include:­ -Improvement of farmer education -Development and support of small scale farmers -Promoting small and medium scale farm programs, and -increasing efficiency of production and transformation to augment added values. 14. Donor and International organizations involved Donors* Ativities USAID Research and extension CCCE/FAC Research and extension SAFGRAD Research and Development EEC/IITA Adaptive research CIRAD Research UNDP/FAO Postharvest research and extension World bank Food security CIMMYT Research and adaptation * see list of acronymes. is. Persons and private organizations recommended for contacts -MAISCAM in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Province and Foumbot (SCTC), West province -UNVDA Ndop, N.W. province -CAMFOOD Biyem Assi, Yaounde -Mrs Bongadou Bamenda Central Market, N.W. Province -SODECOTON in Garoua,
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